Catalogue description Joseph Cook, Sons and Company Ltd.

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Reference: DX146
Title: Joseph Cook, Sons and Company Ltd.
Description:

Company records
Date: 1860 - 1927
Held by: Tyne and Wear Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Joseph Cook, Sons and Company Ltd, c1900-c1927
Physical description: 11 SERIES
Immediate source of acquisition:

Accession 2713
Administrative / biographical background:

Joseph Cook, Sons and Company, Ltd. was an iron and steel foundry, arising in 1900 out of Washington Iron Works which started by C. and J. Cook sometime before 1860. It was based at Washington Station and remained a family business with James Falshaw Cook being appointed joint Managing Director in 1925. It is not clear when the company ceased operating however reports from 1927 indicate severe financial difficulties.
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